Jyotipriya Mallick Explained

Jyotipriya Mallick
Birth Date:17 November 1957[1]
Office:Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal
Term Start:10 May 2021
Term End:17 February 2024
Governor:Jagdeep Dhankhar
La. Ganesan (additional charge)
C. V. Ananda Bose
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Mamata Banerjee
2Blankname:Department
2Namedata:
  • Forest Affairs
Predecessor:Rajib Banerjee (Forest Affairs)
Subrata Mukherjee (Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy)
Successor:Birbaha Hansda (Forest Affairs)
Residence:Kolkata
2Blankname1:Department
2Namedata1:
  • Food & Supplies
Term Start1:May 20, 2011
Term End1:May 10, 2021
Successor1:Rathin Ghosh
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:Mamata Banerjee
Office2:Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Term Start2:May 13, 2011
Constituency2:Habra
Governor1:M. K. Narayanan
D.Y. Patil (additional charge)
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Term Start3:2001
Term End3:May 2011
Constituency3:Gaighata
Party:All India Trinamool Congress

Jyotipriya Mallick is an Indian politician and former Minister for Department of Forest Affairs and Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources[2] in the Government of West Bengal.[3] He previously served as the Minister for Food & Supplies in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Habra constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.[4] In 2016 and 2021 assembly election he was re-elected from the same constituency.[5] [6] [7] On 27th October, 2023 he was arrested by ED for ration scam.He is currently in jail custody for corruption.

Controversy

On October 27, 2023 Jyotipriya Mallick was arrested by the ED in the ration corruption case. He fell ill during the hearing after being produced in the court. He was then taken to ED custody after being discharged after 7 days in the hospital. He is currently in jail for ration corruption.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Details submitted to CEO, WB in 2011 .
  2. Web site: 2021-05-10. West Bengal Minister List 2021: Check full list of 43 cabinet ministers and their portfolios. 2021-05-11. The Financial Express. en-US.
  3. Web site: উত্তর ২৪ পরগনা ৩৩-০ হয়ে যাবে! প্রার্থী হয়েই ভোটের ফল নিয়ে চ্যালেঞ্জ জ্যোতিপ্রিয়র.
  4. Web site: হাবড়া বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র ২০২১ : ভোটের প্রার্থী, ফলাফল.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525085921/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mamata-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers/153060-37.html Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
  6. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/All+the+didi's+men/1/43364.html All the Didi's men
  7. Web site: Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet. 22 May 2011. Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005213008/http://www.banglarmukh.com/portal/banglarMukh/Government/MinisterSecretary/MinisterSecretaryPortletWindow?category=M&action=e&windowstate=normal&in.gov.wb.portal.MENU_ID_PARAMETER=100&mode=view. 5 October 2011.
  8. https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/ed-arrests-west-bengal-forest-minister-trinamool-leader-jyotipriya-mallick-ration-scam/amp